Milton's Kinesthetic Vision in Paradise LostThe author demonstrates that the apparent contradictions in the poetic, dramatic, and conceptual framework of Paradise Lost are purposive, indeed central, to Milton's kinesthetic poetics. |
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Page 20
... motions , less violent and dramatic and more sustaining , of its own . In these new motions , the motions of yearning , landscapes and small figures appear . In the nearing of joy to the object of desire the sun breaks on the hills of ...
... motions , less violent and dramatic and more sustaining , of its own . In these new motions , the motions of yearning , landscapes and small figures appear . In the nearing of joy to the object of desire the sun breaks on the hills of ...
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... motions between the different parts of the fish resonated with the viewer's inner motions - the motions of the various perceptual faculties , in the tonal perception the motions of the view- er's inner parts are resonant with the inner ...
... motions between the different parts of the fish resonated with the viewer's inner motions - the motions of the various perceptual faculties , in the tonal perception the motions of the view- er's inner parts are resonant with the inner ...
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... motions in this way , Adam could see that the relation of motions sustains and that space is plastic ; and then his fears of the motion and the vastness of space would be allayed . His mind would concur with his senses in a fuller ...
... motions in this way , Adam could see that the relation of motions sustains and that space is plastic ; and then his fears of the motion and the vastness of space would be allayed . His mind would concur with his senses in a fuller ...
Contents
The Poetics of Miltons Counterplot | 25 |
The Meditative Modes | 92 |
A Modal Reading of Paradise Lost | 109 |
Copyright | |
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